Channeling Inventory Management Tactics
If you have a retail division in addition to your catalog/Web business, one of the myriad back-end decisions you have to make is whether to manage your
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Handling Shipping and Handling with Care
Do you have a returns closet? I don’t mean somewhere in your catalog’s distribution center; I mean at home. If you don’t, you’re probably not ordering
Financial Report: Tiger Direct Web Sales Fuel Systemax
Port Washington, NY-based PC and warehouse supplies manufacturer/marketer Systemax (NYSE: SYX) shook off nearly $1 million in restructuring charges and still posted a profit.
FedEx to Acquire Consolidator Parcel Direct
In a deal that will give Federal Express 80 more catalog parcel shipping customers and the opportunity to one-up rival United Parcel Service in the residential ground delivery market, FedEx on Aug. 9 agreed to acquire small package consolidator Parcel Direct from its parent firm, printer Quad/Graphics.
Sportman’s Guide Makes Its First Acquisition
The Sportsman’s Guide president/CEO Greg Binkley said in early 2003 that the company would be hunting for acquisitions. A year later, the South St. Paul,
opinion & response
Getting All Political on Us While I generally appreciate and certainly learn much from my subscription to Catalog Age, I wanted to bring to your attention
Speechless in Stamford
Having been rendered nearly speechless last week due to strep throat, I once again had cause to praise e-commerce. Even though I could talk only in tones
Avoiding Packing Bottlenecks
Packing is generally the last stage in the fulfillment process before the order is shipped out the door. So it’s also the last place you want to have
Higher and Hire
Job growth in the U.S. this year has been inconsistent. Within the catalog industry, however, more and more companies are lifting hiring freezes and even
RQW: Getting Down with the Data
Few catalog companies can use their order management system as an effective database marketing platform. The way data are managed in entering and processing